{"product_id":"cheryl-johnson-odim-rashid-johnson-heart-turned-inside-out-poems-9783906915814","title":"Cheryl Johnson-Odim \u0026 Rashid Johnson: Heart-Turned-Inside-Out Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA beautiful artist's book documenting a mother and son's intimate exchange across time and mediums\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis tenderly wrought artist's book is a collaboration between American conceptual artist Rashid Johnson (born 1977) and his mother, historian Cheryl Johnson-Odim (born 1948). Bound as a single signature with silver-foiled text on the cover and multiple carefully selected papers, the book is based on an updated version of Johnson-Odim's poetry pamphlet \u003ci\u003eOther Women Before Me\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1985, the year her son Rashid turned eight years old. In 2022, Johnson presented the publication--along with titles by the likes of Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Claudia Rankine and Sylvia Plath--in a reading area within his exhibition \u003ci\u003eSodade\u003c\/i\u003e at Hauser \u0026amp; Wirth Menorca, where the image on the cover of this publication was also on view.\u003cbr\u003eJohnson's drawings are sourced from a 2020 sketchbook and bookend the poems, while the central pages of the book contain a personal and far-ranging conversation between mother and son. In a delightful touch, Johnson's cover artwork folds out, transforming into a standalone poster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hauser \u0026 Wirth Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50877909696786,"sku":"9783906915814","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c3e0bd24-be07-4302-b3c9-baa5b1b137a2.jpg?v=1738439828","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cheryl-johnson-odim-rashid-johnson-heart-turned-inside-out-poems-9783906915814","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}